Clinical and radiographic outcomes of zirconia dental implants - a clinical case series study
Author
Gargallo-Albiol, Jordi
Böhm, Karl
Wang, Hom-Lay
Publication date
2022ISSN
1996-1944
Abstract
The purpose of this clinical series was to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of 20 zirconia dental implants, with a minimum follow-up of two years. Patients with at least one zirconia dental implant were included, with a mean follow-up of 34.05 months. The patient complaints such as pain and foreign body sensation, as well as clinical parameters including peri-implant infections with suppuration, implant mobility, gingival index (GI), modified plaque index (mPI), modified sulcus bleeding index (mBI), probing depth (PD) and radiological distance between the implant shoulder to the closest mesial and distal bone-to-implant contact (BIC), were assessed. All zirconia implants were successfully integrated without any pain or foreign body sensation. No mobility was detected in any of the 20 implants. Clinical examination revealed a mean PD of 2.56 mm and a radiological mean distance between the implant shoulder and the initial site of visible bone-to-implant contact (BIC) of 1.44 mm. In addition, GI, mPI and mBI indicated minimal to no inflammation. Results obtained from this series suggest that one-piece zirconia dental implants achieve good clinical and radiographic outcomes over a mean follow-up of 34 months and may be deemed a good option in patients with favorable bone conditions.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
616.3 - Pathology of the digestive system. Complaints of the alimentary canal
Keywords
Zirconi
Ceràmica
Implants dentals
Zirconio
Cerámica
Implantes dentales
Zirconium
Ceramics
Dental implants
Pages
13
Publisher
MDPI
Collection
15;7
Is part of
Materials
Citation
Gargallo-Albiol, Jordi; Böhm, Karl; Wang, Hom-Lay. Clinical and radiographic outcomes of zirconia dental implants - a clinical case series study. Materials, 2022, 15(7), 2437. Disponible en: <https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/7/2437>. Fecha de acceso: 11 jul. 2022. DOI: 10.3390/ma15072437
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